Articles about Business Strategy

Competitive Advantages and Economic Moats Almost every business owner I meet knows whether their company makes money. Far fewer know…

Benchmarking: How to Analyse the Competition to Improve Your Strategy Almost every business owner I know can tell whether their…

Nine out of ten Spanish companies are family-owned, yet only one in three survives the handover to the second generation.…

Capital Allocation: There is an invisible frontier that separates the companies that merely grow from those that multiply their value.…

Participating Loan: Few financial instruments generate as much confusion —and as much potential— as the participating loan. For the Commercial…

The compass that almost no one has You look at most Spanish family SMEs and you wonder the same thing:…

Family Business Succession in Valencia: From the footwear makers in Elche to the ceramic manufacturers in Castellón, from the furniture…

In a previous article we examined what phantom shares are and how large a pool makes sense ahead of a…

Restructuring Decision-making: The evolution of family-owned companies and mid-sized businesses operating in the middle market segment is inextricably linked to…

Strategic Restructuring: For starters, let's draw a basic distinction that often causes confusion: Financial restructuring focuses on "fixing" the balance…

Blue Ocean Strategy in mature industries In most business schools, when competitive strategy is discussed, two broad paths are usually…

Process Outsourcing Operational restructuring involves reviewing and reorganising a company’s internal processes to improve efficiency and optimise resources. A typical…

Aligning ownership and management: In medium to large family businesses (with revenues between €50 million and €500 million), one of…

Scenario Analysis Scenario Analysis is a strategic tool that enables companies to evaluate potential future outcomes under various conditions. In…

Executive Compensation When discussing executive compensation, especially within the context of SMEs, it is common to focus on absolute figures.…

Business Model Canvas The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a strategic management tool that enables the visualization and structuring of…

How companies can adapt to highly dynamic environments:  Change is no longer sporadic or predictable. For those who have spent…

Buy-and-build (also known as build-up) is one of the most powerful value-creation strategies in private equity and M&A. It involves…